Example sentences of "[noun sg] who [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old Shallot 's a brawling man : a born street fighter and a soldier who has seen more battles than many of you have had hot dinners . |
| 2 | These were the writers and newspapermen , paid hacks of the propaganda machine and tools of ‘ Anastasie ’ , the censor , who from their comfortable offices in Paris wrote of the nobility of war in the terms of Déroulède ; of the brave boys dying beautifully pour la Patrie ; who described the piling up of ‘ mounds of German dead ’ at each attack at Verdun , to the accompaniment of ‘ negligible ’ French losses ; and who published photographs of the grands mutilés with such captions as ‘ A Soldier Who Has Lost Both Feet , Yet Walks Fairly Well With Clever Substitutes , ’ or ‘ Who Has Lost Both Hands , Yet Can Handle a Cigarette and Salute as Before . ’ |
| 3 | 16 patients with sarcoidosis who had undergone diagnostic biopsy of lung , skin , or lymph node and 16 patients with squamous cell carcinoma or Hodgkin 's disease to act as controls . |
| 4 | For once , it was the losing side who seemed to have fewer reservations about the performance of the referee . |
| 5 | This Saturday Dundela return to league action with a visit to Queen 's , a side who have recorded impressive wins over RUC and Brantwood so far this season . |
| 6 | It means that a defendant who has incurred large costs both at trial and in the Court of Appeal in resisting a claim by a legally aided plaintiff , but who then receives legal aid in the House of Lords where he is finally successful , is ineligible for any award of costs against the board . |
| 7 | Colonies have always given scope to adventurers from the metropolis who have enjoyed irresponsible power over the natives , whether as administrators , police officials , soldiers , traders , or settlers ( even if these were of the peasant class ) . |
| 8 | Sinead is just a rock'n'roll chick who forget to write any songs . |
| 9 | The election of Aristide , a 37-year-old left-wing priest who had survived numerous assassination attempts , followed a series of short-lived governments , three of which were military administrations and none of which was the product of free elections . |
| 10 | A former Roman Catholic priest who had spent eight years as a missionary in Africa and then seven years in England and Scotland , he arrived in Kingsley four years ago at the start of the project to breathe new life into the empty village school . |
| 11 | Sponsored by Caterplan Division , CPC ( UK ) Ltd , the awards are presented to 30 young professionals in the catering industry who have displayed exceptional talent in their career before their 30th birthday . |
| 12 | I have reported the Military Model first because it is one which will most likely fall soonest into desuetude as there are fewer people around in industry who have had actual experience of the services . |
| 13 | The new President 's favoured candidate for prime minister , Jan Olszewski , a lawyer who had defended anti-communist dissidents for years , was unable to agree terms with him , however . |
| 14 | Among the participants were many noted specialists in English and Linguistics , including ( Puna ) , ( Varanasi ) , ( Delhi ) , ( Indian Institute of Technology , Delhi ) , ( College of Commerce , Delhi University ) , ( CIEFL Hyderabad ) , and ( Trivandrum ) , a well-known poet who had travelled three days by train to get there . |
| 15 | Adams showed the authority and leadership you would expect from a defender who has won 17 caps at senior level but in World Cup terms the most significant performance came from Gascoigne , who cut out the asides and showed some of the tactical discipline he has to acquire if he is to make the most of his natural talent in international football . |
| 16 | When Thomas Cooper , a Chartist who had advocated extreme violence in 1842 , visited him , he told him : ‘ You were right … |
| 17 | After all , Sarah was involved in a long-term relationship with Paddy McNally while Andrew still had a soft spot for Katherine ‘ Koo ’ Stark , an American actress who had excited considerable media interest because of her appearance in soft-porn films . |
| 18 | Those members of the British Section delegation who had survived previous ICMs said nothing and waited for the strain to show . |
| 19 | Whilst in the circuit we called for an ambulance on the Aldis lamp for the WT/Operator who had lost three fingers on one hand whilst " tinselling " . |
| 20 | Is n't s/he a figure who has exchanged one kind of incompleteness for another ? |
| 21 | Following the trial Walsh was reported to be considering forcing North and Poindexter to testify before a grand jury in order to determine if there were others within the Reagan administration who had made false statements to Congress but had not yet been charged . |
| 22 | Public law remedies are not of much use to the citizen who has suffered actual injury ( whether physical or economic ) as opposed to one who has an intangible grievance . |
| 23 | The Inland Revenue has stated that it is not possible to set hard and fast rules to determine whether an ex gratia payment made to an employee who intends to seek further employment will be treated as made in connection with retirement ( p 105 ) . |
| 24 | In response to a letter from the Law Society , the Revenue states that it is not possible to set hard and fast rules to determine whether a payment made to an employee who intends to seek further employment will be treated as made in connection with retirement . |
| 25 | She was followed soon afterwards by Dr Greenaway , the BDA 's President who had rendered magnificent service to the Association over a period of thirty years . |
| 26 | KALMYKIA is a semi-autonomous republic of the Russian federation with a population of 320,000 , no trees , a universal drink of tea mingled with mutton fat , and a 30-year-old Buddhist president who claims to control 50 companies with a combined turnover of $100m a year . |
| 27 | Bassett brought alive a club who had spent 14 years since the mid-70s commuting between the Second and Third Divisions . |
| 28 | " I shall only allow those boys to use the range who have attained considerable proficiency in their physical exercises and drill ; and all shooting will be carried on under the strictest supervision . |
| 29 | The village hall is run by an energetic committee who have raised sufficient money over the past few years to convert it from a wooden building to a brick one , and to refurbish the interior . |
| 30 | But if you do get hooked — and if you are the kind of smart-suited city type who has driven ordinary folk off this island — well , that is your affair . |